2 papers
nlin.CD2020
Extraction and Visualization of Poincaré Map Topology for Spacecraft Trajectory Design
Xavier M. Tricoche, Wayne R. Schlei, Kathleen C. Howell
Mission designers must study many dynamical models to plan a low-cost spacecraft trajectory that satisfies mission constraints. They routinely use Poincaré maps to search for a sui…
astro-ph.EP2020
Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt Object
S. A. Stern, H. A. Weaver, J. R. Spencer +202
The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of the Solar System. On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew close to (486958) 2014 MU69, a Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Object, a cla…